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George Robertson Quotes

(died 1791)

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Captain George Robertson (died 1791) was an English sailor known for accompanying the Dolphin on her second circumnavigation of the globe (1766–8) and writing an account of the voyage.

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All the sailors swore that they never saw handsomer made women in their lives, and declared they would all to a man live on two thirds allowance rather than lose so fine an opportunity of getting a girl apiece.

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